AP Covers Modest Fashion Movement

"I think what's happening is that we've reached the limit of the 'if
you've got it, flaunt it,' philosophy and we're seeing the power of a
little mystery and glamour," said Wendy Shalit, author of 1999's "A
Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue" and 2007's "Girls Gone
Mild."

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“The girls [whom the Times reporter] interviewed cited wholesome-seeming celebrities as their favorites. . . Is it possible that today’s teens have seen enough to inoculate them against the pressures of their teenage years?”